https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/e3c92975ab35918027749b2ee717335f.pdf 7e19bd39b449298e77e08d957b7b1581 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource University of Wisconsin - Parkside Ranger News Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of UW-Parkside Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Issue Volume 16, issue 17 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Activity hour issue goes to committee for study Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document I /et/?ru6ir y 25. Activity hour issue goes to committee for study by Amy H. Ritter did not take advantage of the ",' _ News Editor time to get Involved In activi- ties. "I proposed this .to better se~e student needs," he sald, emphasizing that he did not wish to eliminate extracurric- ular activities, just make bet- ter use of time that students could be in classes. Also, being forced to chose between classes and activi- ties, or between different ac- tivities. would better prepare students for time manage- ment challenges they will face after graduation, he said. Duetsch referred to a sur- vey conducted by the Com- mittee on Campus Environ- ment dated Feb. 16, 1987. The committee, in the sur- vey findings, made the follow- ing recommendation: "The logic behind- the activity hour is still legitimate. However, we believe that an tnvesttga- tlon needs to be done, In coor- dlnatlon with the student gov- .emment, to determine the use of the activity hour and the possiblllty of retaining the logic of setting aside an hour for student activity but mov- Ing It to a time that will meet the variety of needs of the dl- verse student body, both aca- demic and extra-curricular." Duetsch argued that the Faculty Senate should pass hls proposal, making a rec- ommenda tion to administra- .,. battle was won In the t against elimination of activity hour, but the war lIyet to be fought. Fifteen'stu<lents attended a FacullySenate meeting Tues- aay(Feb. 16) to oppose a pro- posal to eliminate the activity zour, which is the period on Monday, Wednesday and Frtday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. whenclasses are not sched- uled. Thestudents hung a banner outside'themeeting room that read "Remember Shared Goverance: 36.09(5)" and sported buttons with that jIU1l1ber.36.09(5) refers to the aaergerlaw which allows stu- E participation in admlnis- ve decision-making. eial Science Division Larry L. Duetsch, who uced the proposal, said, 1\IIIjdlsmayed) by the Idea this may bypass stu- rights to participate In d governance. This not be further from the th." iluetsch said that the ac- Iy hour prevented schedul- IIlg of more classes, and as a result, there are many sched- ule COnfllcts with depart- menls and between depart. ments. He referred to the ac- tivity hour as the "dead hour," saying that students Bid for by Amy H. Ritter News Editor A proposal to place a refer- endum-on the spring ballot SOlieitlngstudent opinion on Whether or not Parkside shOUld pull out of United Council mC) was defeated Friday at the Parkside Stu- dent Government Association (PSGA)meeting. Eight votes were needed to pass the measure, and only six. of the eleven senators Ptesent voted for It. "I am disappointed," PSGA PreSident Alex Pettit said in a later Interview. "Right ~w, 1 feel, would be the time run it in a referendum, be- cause more people vote in the 'pring election than In the fall election. Students are more ~ware of the issue now, also, eeause news about United ;ouncn has lately appeared requently In the Ranger." . Pettit hopes to convince the 'utudent body to puil out of C. He believes the money ~an be better spent here. arkside will pay $8,000 to 'University of WlscOnslna-Parkslde photo by Amy H, Altter FaCUltysenate ponders the Importance of the activity hour at leat week's meeting. tion, who he said he is sure would enlist faculty and stu- dent opinion betore making decision. "I would assume the admfntstratfon would solicit the- advice of student groups before making a. decislon, as well as the advice of the Fac- ulty Senate" determined here. "Having said that, I really like this proposal," he satd, provoking laughter. Alex Pettit, Parkside Stu- dent Government Association (PSGA) president, disagreed with Duetsch. "What I'm arguing here Is that this resolution is not a result of discussion from that committee," Pettit said. "Had the committee dis- cussed It, and had a student representative discussed It, and determined either a change, or a modification, or even tmnrlnation of the activi- ty hour was in order f then thai would be much more ap- proprlate than a resolution before the Faculty Senate." The student 8er.ate, he ex- plained, recently passed a resolution In support of the activity hour. "We're not ada- mently oppoaed to changing the activity hour, but .we are Vol. 18. No. 17 opposed to making thla type of change on the floor of a faculty Senate like this." Pet- tit argued that student opin- ion should be considered be- fore the Faculty Senate takes a stand. Pettit rebutted Duetsch's allegation that not many stu- dents use the activity hour, saytng that for example, the student Senate meets during that time. Also, smaller groups who do not have their meeting times posted meet during the hour. He said the Academic Poli- cies Committee (APC) was discussing taking a survey via postcards to reveal stu- dent sentiment regarding the activity hour. He suggested that the Senate allow the de- cision to take its normal course, through the commit- tee, before being decided on the 8enate floor. James H. Shea. Science De- partment ChaIr and a memo ber of the APe, said, "We were unaware of this re80lu~ tlon, so the APC proceeded as If we were going to be devel- oping the Issue. One Of the thInga we talked about, as Alex mentioned, waa the poe- a1bWty of aurveying atuclent. via some klnd of a postcard arrangement. The feeling was that we ahould get as broad II response as we could among See Faculty sene I. page 3 United Council referendum narrowly fails UC over the course of next year if it remains a full mem- ber of the organization. Senators Tim Grygera, Jan ,Kratochvil, Jay Lewandow- ski, Steven R. Picazo,. Dan Vogt and .Julie Wunrow Friday voted to run the refer- endum on the ballot. Senators Gary Heggeland, Dan Perrault and Stephanie Tatem 'voted against. Senators Debl Fritchow and J.J. Masterson abstained. Sue Walborn and Kevin Zirkel- bach were not present. "I had a conversation with (UC President) Adrian Serra- . no." said Heggeland in ex- plaining his "no" vote. "He had given us a list of legisla- tors from this area who said that United Council is a good organization and an effective lobby. It seemed like the or· ganization deserves strong consideration before going against it," Perrault said: "I didn't have enough information at the time. I was uninformed in my no vote. " "In my own jUdgment, I was uncertain on a' point or two," said Tatem. "I wanted to get more information." Serrano, a former PSGA president, sent all the sena- tors a letter outlining UC's accomplishments. Among these claims are a $69 sav- ings in tuition, initiation of an amendment that provides fi- nancial aid for students with young children, and the Intent to lobby for the Tuition Cap Bill (which would limit tultlon to 33 percent of educational cost). The letter also said: "Next year the UC Plat- form will be viewed 'by (law- makers) as the platform of the OW System students. If Parkside is not a member they will have had' no say In this platform ... "Next year if UC does not officially represent Parkside, UC will still talk to policy makers and odds are not one will say, 'but you don't repre~ sent Parkside,' "Look at the accomplish- ments and what your elected state officials say about United Council. Look at the substance, not the personali- ties," If Parkslde does withdraw from the state lobbying or- ganization, however. it can still enjoy the benefits of any victories won on behalf of ~ System students. Pettit hopes the propoaaJ to run the referendum will be brought up again, and passed, at next Friday'S Senate meet- ing. It can only be introduced by a senator who voted against It. 2 Thursday, February 25, 1988 Ranger our view Student etections offer educaffonalopporluni~ ThIs is the coffee generation of Parkside student ad- vocacy. This year's Parkslde Student Government ASSOOl· ation (PSGA) has been moving and shaking to get things accomplished for students. The student attendance at the faculty senate meeting last week would not have hap- pene.., In the past. There is Ilfe on this campus. PSGA has extended the deadline for the return of peti- tions for students who are interested in joining in on the moving and shaking going on at Parkslde. The hope here Is that more students will have the opportunity to consider holding an office and representing the concerns of the dt- verse population of Parkside. It's always easy to sit back and complain about those who are wl1l1ngto take the risk and step forward to make a difference. It Is a whole new ball game to take that risk yourself. This university has always taken pride In Its fine educe- tional programs. It Is important to remember that every opportunity that a student takes to learn about the unrver- slty system. the law and the budgetary process w1II have far-reaching benefits beyond the classroom. . PSGA's office is In the D·1 level of the WLLC building. The door is always open. There are people there who are wl1l1ngto take a chance on students. Take a chance and make a difference. Possible discrepancies deserve a closer look by Amy H. Rltler News Editor The Investigation of ques- tionable partisan activities of United Council President Adrian Serrano Is over. but his acquittal, per se, should be questioned. ""UW lobbying group did not violate law, tJ read the head- Une of a Feb. 16 Milwaukee Sentinel article, explaining that United Council (UC). the Uw-Syetem lobbying group, was cleared of wrongdoing by the secretary of state's office &fier an Ivestigation lnltiated by a partisan letter sent by Serrano and former UC Exec. utlve Director Morty Hansen. The letter, sent to all state assembly Democrats, aaJd: "Dear As4-embly Demo. crat: "We both enjoyed the Dem- ocratic Assembly Campaign klck-off fundraiser held last Tuesday at the Concourse. Now it's our tum to offer an invitation to you. "As advocates for student concerns for United Council, we both hope to work with you during the upcoming ses- slon. "As members of the Young ~mocrats of Wisconsin, we look forward to working with you to maintain and strengthen the Democratic majority In the Assembly. Young Democrats played an important role in several im- portant assembly races in 1986.Mter a successful can- vention in Platteville this past weekend. the YDW Is ready to gear up for a successful '88 campaign. "We hope you will stop over to the United Council recep- tion on Wednesday, January 27. "Sincerely, Adrian Serrano President Morty Hansen Executive Director" This reporter was present when Serrano informed sev- eral UW presidents of the sec. retary of state's imminent in- vestigation Feb. 2. At that time, he described what was aaJd In the letter. Upon later reading of the letter. dtecre. pencies were found. PSGA President Alex Pettit proposed that a lower scale investigation of Serrano's ac- tivities be conducted. He hoped to look for misalloca- tions of telephone, postal. and Ira vel expenditures. This Idea see U.C. page 3 iQ Iyour views Ranger ethics compared to Pravda To the Editor: . In the past year I have seen a few articles in this news- paper that state the necessity for freedom of the press. I agree one hundred percent that a free press is (if I may use part of a September, 1987 headline) "Vital In unveiling the truth." However, there are a few ttifngs that lead me to wonder whether this news- paper has the freedom to "unveil the truth ... To mustrate this point. out of the six members of the Segregated University Fees Allocations Committee (SUFAC), three of them are staff members of this news- paper; and one of these news. paper staff persons Is not only the chairperson of SUFAC but Is also the Ediior of this newspaper. Since this newspaper has to compete with other student organizations for its share of students' monies, Can It also report the decisions of this Important committee fairly and accurately? To make an analogy, if a journalist such as Dan Rather or William F. Buckley Jr. were members of the United States Congress. could they fairly and accurately report Congressional news? (Some argue that these two cannot report or comment on the news fairly anyway. ) The only other newspaper that I can think of that is so closely associated with gov- ernment is Pravda In the Soviet Union. Such a l1nk be- tween the press and govern. ment is an anathema to our American heritage. - Has there been an incident that would be a reason for concern about this close as- sociation of the press and government on this campus? Yes. Last November, SUFAC elected the Editor of the newspaper to be the chalrper- son of the committee. How- ever, the election was protest- ed and then ruled invalid by the judicial branch of Student Government because the indi- vidual did not receive the proper amount of votes as stated In the PSGA Constitu- tion. Why was this important news story ignored by this newspaper? Does it have any. thing to do with the Editor avoiding possible conflict of Interest charges for being the chair of SUFAC also? That I~ why r question the ability of this newspaper to "unveil the truth" on issues not only involving SUFACbut also issues involving student government and United. Coun- cil. As American citizens we must remember. that along with freedom come certain responsibilities. I question the ethics of this newspaper; but it also seems that this news- paper is not free. but it is en- slaved. Fred Manard! Editor's ,note: 1 refer Mr. Monardi to the Nov. 12, 1987 issue 0/ the Ranger which Covers the controversy su' rounding the SUFAO chai» position. This story received fronf page coverage. In addi· tion, 1 w,w/d like to list the members' of this year's SUFAC committee: Jenny Oarr.. Rocky Don0V4..n, Jay Lewandowski, Steven Picazo, Susan' Walborn and Kevin Zir' kelbach. The members of the .Ranger staff are listed on our masthead below. 1 will allow the facts to speak for them' selves. See Leiter page 5 • - • EDITORIAL STAFF Jenny Carr Editor Rsndy Lecounl Sports Editor Kelly Mc~issick News Editor Dave McEvoy ~ Photo Editor Am~ H. Rltt~r ·.·........•...•............ News Editor John Kehoe Asst. Photo Editor Tern DeRos.er Feature Editor Robb Luehr Copy Editor Ranger is written a~d edit~d by students of UW·Parkside, who are solely responsible for its editorial poli. cy and content II,s publIShed every ThurSday dunng the academic year except over breaks and hoi> days Letters to the editor willbe accepted only if they are tYped. double-spaced and 350 words or less-.All letters must be Signed, WItha telephone number included for verification purposes Names will be With· held upon request . f Ranger reserves the right to edit letters and refuse those which are false and/or de- r-:---, amatory. 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Title A name given to the resource The Parkside Ranger, Volume 16, issue 17, February 25, 1988 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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